"Right now, it feels like we’re living with more distractions than ever. On top of our obsession with technology and the current political climate, the Spring ’17 season is looking alarmingly hectic, with hundreds of shows, new tech advancements (such as virtual reality and Facebook Live), and endless confusion surrounding the see-now-buy-now trend. It’s enough to make your head spin, but TSE’s new collection managed to instill a sense of calm.
The design team was inspired by Japanese Zen gardens, as if to “calm down from the whirlwind of the year.” There were literal interpretations on the theme, like pebble prints, woodblock-inspired jacquards, and swirling ribs that mimicked sand raking. Subtler details included giant round buttons—a riff on the boulders in a garden, which can symbolize mountains, boats, or animals—and obi-style belts. The high-grade experimentation TSE typically employs in its collections felt absent here, but the team did pull off some covetable, highly functional summer knits in a stretchy technical fabric; the shift dresses and ribbed slips would be particularly nice for the 90-degree September days ahead."
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